Confimed in the SMH - set to be announced today along with Tahu. twitter.com/#!/paulkent_tele Time to pull out the stops to get Shaun Lunt..? If not, who else?

Confimed in the SMH - set to be announced today along with Tahu. twitter.com/#!/paulkent_tele Time to pull out the stops to get Shaun Lunt..? If not, who else?

McShane and Hood?

lunt signed a new deal

Enough experience?

Possibly not. But I certainly wouldn't stifle their development for the likes of Lunt

Would rather use any cap space on other positions, as we have cover from the likes of Burrow and even Sinfield and Smith if really required

Hmm.. not convinced about this one.

But wouldn't blame him - back to having to play 40 minutes now, something he probably thought he'd get out of after Diskin left.

Plenty of cap space opening up at the rhinos! We could do a lot worse than sign De gois who is been offered around! Kaufusi is also been offered around at 26 he would be a belter

Time to get Hood some game time this year and see what we have for next year.

Meanwhile, I expect the outpouring of grief at this news to match the hysteria reached when Diana died.

Question is, will Bywater still attend the games now he can no longer gaze at and admire Buderus?

Assuming at least one of Burgess and Leuluai will be off as well, Kaufusi would be a good shout.

McShane and Hood for hooker, with the option to spell Sinfield there if Ward is getting gametime or if Hood can't make the step up.

Cooper and Kaufusi would do me for overseas players.

Mcshane and burrow for hooker, use cap space to sign another half

Spot on.

Sad - but these things happen - standards will drop but that's life. I will still renew my season ticket - hopefully the club will sign a player of equal quality in another position that will maintain the quality of entertainment we are getting for our money. At the end of the day rugby is just that, a form of entertainment.

One thing is for sure the team will be weakened and its chances of winning will be reduced - if gareth doesn't believe Hood is a like for like replacement?

So if winning is everything will Gareth still be gracing the North stand?

Miles off.

Can't Rangi Chase play hooker as well?

Depends how much we pay him.

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Anyone see Cullen's brief appraisal of Chase's display against Warrington on Boots N All last night?

Reading between the lines in that article from a week ago. He's gone.

Sentences like... "[iI am just focused solely on this season[/i", "[isee what happens on a year-to-year perspective[/i" and the old classic... "[iat the moment[/i". Plus, "[iI personally haven’t spoken to Newcastle at all.[/i" could be perfectly true. He doesn't have to have spoken to them if he has a manager so he's not lying.

Coupled with "Buderus confirmed he is contracted at Leeds until the end of 2012." Meaning, he had to be asked about his contractual situation, rather than ramming it down the reporters throat that he was contracted (which you would be doing if it were genuinely all bo[ill[/iocks).

Bit gutted he's going, I think he brings a lot to the team, but players come and go and life goes on. What's more annoying is this habit we seem to be getting into of signing extensions a couple of weeks before leaving.

I'd be disappointed with this news if McShane hadn't stepped up. I'll be honest, I didn't rate him at the beginning of the season but he's turned out to be a good SL hooker.

I would however resist calls to ditch Buderus now and blood Liam Hood. Yes, we should give Hood game time against less dangerous opposition, but IMO Buderus still has the quality to make the right plays in big games. It's up to him now to put some gloss on his time at Leeds and put to bed any suggestion he was just another average Aussie in SL.

Double post.

missed it, i was looking after the grandson so couldn't concentrate. what was said?
for me i'm not bothered about him at leeds. think we are ok in the halves

How on earth did they ever manage to win without him?

If the team can win 4 GFs in 6 seasons with Diskin then if Hood and McShane fulfil their potential I see no reason why our prospects of winnig will be in any way affected by Buderus's departure.

If we can return to the days of a promising young Academy product playing hooker in a winning Leeds team than I see no reason why my season ticket won't be renewed.

Showed a clip where he took an awful option with a massive numerical advantage and followed up his poor decision making with an insipid kick. Highlighted his poor decision making.

I'm with you, with the form Burrow is showing, with the way Sinfield has stepped up in the halves and if McGuire can get fit and reproduce last year's form I fail to see why our fans covet other halves, especially a flash in the pan bump and run merchant like Chase.

McShane to be No1 hooker with Hood hopefully next to him in a couple of years. Until then with Burrow and Sinfield in the squad they can cover while he has a breather. We have ample back rowers to cover loose, Ablett would be the favourate, whilst Sinfield moves to Hooker or Half back. The money should be spent on a centre or a real hard nosed prop. Not a fake one like Cross

Yup.

A Cashmere/O'Hara was the type of former State Of Origin prop we should have signed instead of the technically awful Cross.

Overseas recruitment hasn't gone great here, so seeing as Cross isn't getting selected Ambler (and or) Amor will do just as well and should be given a shirt.

On a related prop theme in our recent games against the Crusaders I thought Richard Moore was outstanding, a real handful. Great aggression levels and difficult to put down. I haven't seen that level of form from him for quite some time.